ok i have to gv my 2 cents here. I took the time to watch the video of the kulturpris. I must say Princess MAry looks every inch of the princess that she is. However i do hv 1 question, maybe some1 frm Denmark can answer me this. I notice that the main singer of the night, this guy in dark suit sang and frm wat I can gather (i dont speak Danish), he was swearing quite alot. pardon my ignorance but is this...normal?i knw Denmark is pretty open-minded but still.. to curse in frnt of royalty..

Hi,
I'm not Danish, but as a Swede living a few kilometres away from Denmark I think I can give you an answer. A band like that would normally have some swearwords in their lyrics, and if they are invited to play before royals they would not be expected to change their lyrics. I can't imagine anyone was shocked by this.

On the other hand, it would probably not have been appreciated if the singer had used swearwords when speaking directly to the royals. I know there were some discussions in the Danish media about the girl who got the culture prize this evening. She didn't use the correct royal titles in her speech, but simply said "Frederick and Mary". That was not really appropriate, although Frederik and Mary didn't show any reaction.

The winner of this year's Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary culture prize is 22 year-old cellist Andreas Brantelid. He will receive half a million Danish kroner at DR's concert hall during an event on September 19:

The article mentions the host of the event (Mikael Bertelsen) and some of the guests, including the Lord Chamberlain Per Thornit. It says that the Crown Prince and Princess were the last to enter the hall. On the way into the theatre, Crown Prince Frederik told reporters that he was looking forward to handing out the prizes.

An interesting note-one of the members of the culture prize committee is Chris Minh Doky, the husband of Tanja Minh Doky, Mary's Lady-in-Waiting. He is a musician.

http://www.seoghoer.dk/Nyheder/Royal...prinspris.aspx
At one point during the event, a piano needed to be moved off the stage. Crown Prince Frederik was on stage, and happily helped the musicians and host to move it. He didn't mind at all, and helped out just like anyone else, according to the article.

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